Support of the Committee on Natural Disasters

向自然灾害委员会提供支助。国家研究委员会设立了该委员会，以保持进行灾后侦察研究和记录对研究人员、设计师、规划者、建筑官员和应急准备官员有用的易腐信息的准备状态。这些团队迅速进入现场，收集飓风、龙卷风、地震和洪水等事件后建筑设施和社会系统的性能数据。这种快速的灾后审计可以获得一旦在受灾地区进行恢复工作往往无法获得的数据。预计在本项目期间将进行四项研究。当工程结构和系统在灾害载荷下的性能以及灾害条件下的响应和恢复系统的性能可以有效研究时，将选择未来的研究地点。

Support is provided for the Committee on Natural Disasters. The National Research Council established the Committee to maintain readiness for conducting post-disaster reconnaissance studies and documenting perishable information useful to researchers, designers, planners, building officials, and emergency preparedness officials. The teams quickly enter the field to collect data on the performance of constructed facilities and social systems following such events as hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and floods. Such rapid post-disaster audits allow for the acquisition of data that would often be unavailable once rehabilitation work is undertaken in a disaster-struck area. It is anticipated that four studies will be conducted during this project period. Future study sites will be selected when it is evident that the performance of engineered structures and systems under disaster loadings and performance of response and recovery systems under disaster conditions can be effectively studied.